FFP 270 | Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | How Laura Got Her Period Back 5 Years After Coming Off The Pill | Laura Bruner
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🗓️ 2 August 2019
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Summary
Laura is a Certified Nutrition Consultant, Certified CrossFit Trainer, mama to Evie Wilder, and firm believer in the mind, body, soul connection. She is one of the voices and hearts behind the Modern Mamas Podcast and has a passion for supporting families (especially mamas) in every phase. Laura’s goal is to educate and inspire towards intuitive shifts in daily habits and headspace, leading to healthier minds and bodies, increased strength and physical potential, longevity, and most importantly, the empowerment that comes with taking your health into our own hands.
In today’s episode Laura shares her experience with hypothalamic amenorrhea, and how she got her period back 5 years after coming off the pill.
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- What inspired Laura to start the Modern Mamas Podcast
- How mindfulness changed Laura’s life
- What is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea
- How exercise, nutrition and stress can affect your menstrual cycle
- How did Laura feel during the 5 years before her period came back post-pill
- How learning to love her body and changing her mindset on her body image changed Laura’s health
- What steps did Laura take to get her period to return
- The importance of women appreciating their bodies and all that they can do
- Why it is so important to listen to your body and tune into what it is telling you
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Resources mentioned:
- Radical Roots | Website
- Modern Mamas Podcast
- Intuitively YOU Course
- 6-Week Postpartum Program
- 6-Week Fitness & Flow for All
- Episode #86 of the MMP: Lisa Hendrickson-Jack of Fertility Friday
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- The Fifth Vital Sign: Master Your Cycles & Optimize your Fertility| Audiobook | Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
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Related podcasts & blog posts:
- FFP 223 | Overcoming Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | No Period. Now What? | Dr. Nicola Rinaldi, PhD
- FFP 141 | Surviving Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Getting Your Period Back Without Fertility Drugs | Nicola Rinaldi
- FFP 138 | Post-Pill Amenorrhea | Why It Took 4 Years For Her Period To Come Back | Andrea Petrus
- [On-Air Client Session] FFP | 113 Fertility Awareness Reality Series | Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Making Fertility Awareness Work for You | FAM & Breastfeeding | Managing Your Fertile Window | Sarah, Lisa, & Rose Yewchuk
- FFP 086 | Hypothalamic Amenorrhea | Period Repair Manual | Healthy Hormones | Dr. Lara Briden
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by my fertility awareness mastery online self-study program. |
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| 0:16.5 | slash mastery. This episode is brought to you by my very first book, The Fifth Vital Sign, Master your cycles, |
| 0:22.4 | and optimize your fertility. With over 1,000 research citations, it is the most comprehensive |
| 0:27.1 | resource on fertility awareness and the menstrual cycle to date. The Fifth Vital Sign is available |
| 0:32.1 | in paperback, e-book, and audiobook formats on Amazon.com. Listen to the Fifth Vital sign for free when you sign up for a 30-day |
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| 0:45.3 | Friday.com slash audible. This is the Fertility Friday podcast, episode number 270. |
| 1:02.0 | Welcome to the 270th episode of the Fertility Friday podcast. Thank you for joining me today. |
| 1:06.4 | I'm Lisa from FertilityFrily.com, and this is your source for information about the fertility awareness method and all things fertility. |
| 1:16.4 | I have a great interview for you today. |
| 1:22.3 | In today's episode, I'm sharing my interview with Laura Bruner, and we dive deep into her personal experience with hypothelamic aminuria. |
| 1:26.3 | And this is a topic that I've covered in a few |
| 1:28.3 | different episodes. And I've had episodes with Nicola Vernaldi, author of No Period, Now What. |
| 1:34.8 | If you have struggled with issues of hypothalamic amenorrhea, I highly recommend her book. |
| 1:39.6 | It is an incredible resource for women who are dealing with hypothelamic aminarea. It combines the science |
| 1:46.1 | with women's personal experiences and really shares what actually works to bring periods back, |
| 1:51.7 | although it's often not what you want to hear when you're in that situation, because it |
| 1:55.8 | typically involves eating more and exercising less. And so in today's episode, Laura shares her experience where she stopped having withdrawal |
| 2:05.6 | bleeds while she was still on the pill. |
| 2:07.6 | And then when she ultimately came off the pill, it took five years before her period came |
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